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The Mahitahi………………………………………………………………………10 Notices………………………………………………….……………….....…….…11 Gear Hire and Members Benefits…………………..…………...……...13 The Monthly Newsletter of the Canterbury/Westland Section of the New Zealand Alpine Club February 2016 Section Meeting- 11th February- Summer adventures Uprising Newsletter of the Canterbury/Westland section, New Zealand Alpine Club Febraury 2016 Contributions are more than welcome. Please send to [email protected] by the 20th of each month. Thanks! Contents Page Section meetings………………………………………………………….….....2 Club trips…………………………….……………………………………..…….….3 Mt St Mary…………………………………………………………………………..6 Mid-week Mountaineers hut maintenance excursion….………8 The Mahitahi………………………………………………………………………10 Notices………………………………………………….……………….....…….…11 Gear hire and members benefits…………………..…………...……...13 Section Evenings Location: Cashmere Club, 50 Colombo St Time: Drinks from 7:30pm, talks start at 8pm sharp 11th February- Summer adventures- The Canterbury/Westland section committee wishes all members a Happy New Year. Have you taken advantage of the great weather over the break and been out in the hills? Whether you were mountaineering, rock climbing, tramping, the section would love to hear about it! What better way to fight the "back to work blues" than to select some of your images to show at the next section meeting? Bring along some of your to the next section meeting! (if you have some slides to show, be there by 7.30 at the latest so we can load people’s photos). 10th March- No Cumbre, no fiesta- Last December, Steven Fortune, Jono Clarke and Daniel Joll travelled to El Chalten, Patagonia, to try and climb Torre Egger.This was Jono's 2nd trip to the range, Stevens 3rd, and Dan's 6th. Steve will talk about their latest attempts, failures, successes and why they are drawn to keep coming back for more on this iconic range and the progression in climbing skills observed over a few short years climbing here. April 14th- Pete Harris - First ascents in NZ 2 Cover Photo: Waterfall near the head of the Mahitahi River. Photo: Nina Dickerhof Upcoming club trips and events Events Calendar 6th & 7th of February- The Warrior. If interested please contact Matt at [email protected] 13th February- Port hills 300. Registration at Upshot Café Heathcote at 8:30am. Start at 9:00am from the café. Finish at 6:00pm at the Valley Inn, Heathcote 4th-5th March- River Crossing Safety Day- For a registration form, equipment list and further information please email Clayton on [email protected] 12-13th March-Dunedin Rock Climbing Weekend- For all inquiries and a registration form please contact Clayton on [email protected] Further details on following pages Lead a Trip: If you would like to lead a trip for the club, alpine, rock climbing, cycling or otherwise, contact Andrew Barrett: [email protected] Mid week Rock Climbing Runs every Wednesday evening. It happens, indoor or outdoors, depending on the weather. An email is sent out to the climbing group at the beginning of the week with details about who is organizing it. You are also welcome/encouraged to use the climbing group to organize climbing at any time, including weekend trips. If you are interested, please contact David Shearer on [email protected] or 027 418 8443. Mid week Mountaineering The mid week group are mainly fairly mature mountaineers who still manage to plod up a few peaks, usually on Wednesdays, depending on the weather. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Pat Prendergast on 337 0 079 or [email protected] 3 The Warrior (Armoury Range) - 6th & 7th of February A trip is planned with the primary objective of climbing The Warrior on the Armoury Range. The plan will be to leave Christchurch early on Saturday morning, driving to Erewhon Station then walking up the Clyde then Sinclair Rivers where we will make a high overnight bivy. From Crossbow Saddle, we will climb nearby Amazon Peak then traverse Battleaxe Col to ascend the South Ridge of The Warrior - with names like that how could you resist! This trip will involve two full days, returning Sunday evening and will require a reasonable level of fitness, confidence in scrambling over rock and using an ice axe/crampons. If interested please contact Matt at [email protected] Dunedin Rock Climbing Weekend- 12th and 13th March. The annual rock climbing weekend, co hosted with the Otago Section of the NZAC. We will leave town Friday( 11th ), afternoon or evening to suit and be based at the Long Beach Community Hall for the weekend( tenting outside and using the facilities inside ).The Community Hall has full kitchen facilities and two toilets and nice flat grass areas outside for tents - there are no showers but the beach is just a 5 min walk to cool off in and have a dip ! Dunedin is an awesome place to rock climb and there are climbs and grades to suit all abilities from grades 12 and up on sport and trad as well as top roping for those who don't wish to lead climb. Options to climb will be the all trad crag of Mihiwaka, Adventure climbing at Lovers Leap, sport climbing at Mapoutahi and Port Chalmers Quarry and trad, sport and bouldering at Long Beach. Festivities for the weekend will include a hot tub on Long Beach itself, prizes for best dressed climbing and Saturday evening costume and a scavenger hunt / quiz. The cost of the weekend will be $30( cash only ), and this will cover the cost of hall hire, two nights tenting and the Saturday evening bar b que( vegetarian and gluten free options available ). This weekend will act as a fund raiser with proceeds after expenses to be split between the C/W and Otago sections for local crag repairs and maintenance. Non members welcome and all ages and family groups( those attending under 16 must have parental permission or be supervised by a guardian ). For all inquiries and a registration form please contact Clayton on [email protected] and please indicate when inquiring, what time you can leave on the Friday evening and if you can provide a car or will need to car pool with others. 4 River Crossing Safety Day- Friday 4th( evening seminar ), and Saturday 5th March( half day practical at the Waimak river ). More people come to grief through drowning in the back country of N.Z than in any other way. Do you have the necessary skills to know how to, and be comfortable with, safely crossing a river and have you thought about a river crossing course ? The C/W Section has arranged 3 MSC ( Mountain Safety Council ) Instructors to run a river crossing safety day for us and this course is limited to just 18 participants. There will be an evening seminar for 2 hours on the Friday from 6pm along with a half day practical on the Saturday starting at 10am( the evening seminar is compulsory in order to attend the practical on the Saturday ). The cost of this course is just $25 and open to current NZAC members only. For a registration form, equipment list and further information please email Clayton on [email protected] The Port Hills 300- Saturday 13th February The Port Hills 300 is a fun, social days climbing with the aim to raise money for local crag repairs and replacement of old and worn anchors. This event, organised by local climber Tony Burnell, is now in its third year and in the previous two years over $400 was raised and put directly back into Port Hills crags. You don't have to be an elite climber to compete as this event is open to all abilities and is a way to meet like minded people for a great day out on the Port Hills on February 13th. All you need to do is come along with a climbing partner, register on the day( just $10 cash, and this includes a free bar b que at the end of the day ) and have heaps of fun ! Fancy dress climbing costumes are encouraged but not compulsory. Spread the word and support local climbing. 5 Mt St Mary-January 2016 -Pat Prendergast (for the mid-week group.. average age of group apart from young David.. about 65) Inspired by recent articles on this mountain, a group of 9 from our mid-week group (including 2 Kiwi ex-pats now living in Canada), met at the Ahuriri Base Hut in the drizzling rain, on January 3rd 2016. Next day dawned clear & sunny so we headed across the river, up the steep tussock slopes into the upper basin. Once over the stream the going was rougher with a mix of boulder fields & scree slopes & alpine veg until we reached the lake nestled among smooth rocky outcrops. In between them, was a great variety of campsites with lake views. Camp by the lake with Ahuriri peaks behind. Photo: Pat Prendergast Next morning, after a frosty start, we headed up the maze of jumbled boulders, past old winter snow slopes & into the steep gully that leads to the ridge. It was slow going because the rock was so loose but finally we were on more stable ground with the main ridge under our feet. The others graciously let me (the oldest member) lead 6 up the last section to the summit. The summit team were, Daryll, Barbara & David Thompson, Chris Longson, Jan Haley, Rod Thomson & Pat Prendergast. A morning tea celebration on the top with views of Cook, Aspiring, & the peaks of the area, Barth & Huxley made for a special start to the new year. We carefully moved back down the gully to avoid rock fall then had a very enjoyable run down the snow slopes & back to the camp.
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